antithetical

Examples

• All

• And the Republican Party is antithetical to freedom and to equality.

• The black studies program must not see its mission as antithetical to that of the university's mission.

  Academic text (1993)

• In fact, it is antithetical to their developments.

  Grace Beverley

• The spatial character of the new church could not have been more antithetical to the old.

  Academic text (2015)

• Such approaches are antithetical to the best practices in early childhood music.

  Academic text (1999)

• All of these things ought to be completely antithetical to hosting the Olympics.

• Dialogue, however, is fundamentally antithetical to social enforcement of group loyalty.

  Academic text (2015)

• However, that is an attitude that is antithetical to the thinking expressed in the antitrust laws.

  Academic text (1991)

• Indeed, in certain respects, the romantic temperament seems antithetical to the sensibility of the original dandies.

  Academic text (1999)

• The two proposals are antithetical, representing completely opposite approaches to solving the problem.

Synonyms

O

opposite

vsantithetical

245 1.0

Completely different in nature or direction

is specific to direct mutual incompatibility in character or purpose

C

contrary

vsantithetical

183 4.5

Opposed to something, often going against the facts

is a stronger direct incompatibility rather than mere difference

C

contradictory

vsantithetical

72 6.1

Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true

is focused on direct incompatibility in character or purpose rather than strict logical exclusivity

D

discordant

vsantithetical

9 7.4

Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion

is about direct mutual incompatibility in purpose or character rather than lack of harmony

C

conflicting

vsantithetical

7 4.2

Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other

is about direct mutual incompatibility in character or purpose rather than a mild clash

O

oppositional

vsantithetical

5 6.6

Showing disagreement or resistance to someone with power

is about fundamental mutual incompatibility in character or purpose not just resistance

D

dissonant

vsantithetical

1 7.1

Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash

is about mutual incompatibility in purpose or character rather than an aesthetic clash

O

opposed

vsantithetical

1 3.5

Against something or someone in opinion and action

is about inherent mutual incompatibility in character or purpose rather than taking a stand

A

antithetic

vsantithetical

9.3

Directly opposite in idea or purpose

is identical in meaning but differs as an alternative word form

Antonyms

C

compatible

112 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

H

harmonious

2 4.2

Sounds that blend in a pleasant way

How Opposed

antithetical

12 8.4

incompatible

1 5.1

opposed

1 3.5

contrasting

4 3.7

different

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology